Door-shade



(No Model.)

R. H. FISHBAUGH.

DOOR SHADE.

Patented July 20, 1897.

VLef-I/ .a wif/VES UNITEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS ll. FISIIBAUGII, OF MARKLE, INDIANA.

DOOR-SHADE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,656, dated July 20,1897.

Application led April 5, 1897. Serial No. 630,829. (No model.)

To all whom. t may @0n/cern:

Be it known that l, RUFUs H. FIsHBnUoH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Markle, in the county of lVells and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Shades; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improve Inents in doors for buildingshaving a glass front or panel; and it consist-s in the novelconstruction and arrangement of a rollershade combined with wedge-stopsfor holding the shade at different points, all as will be hereinafterfully described.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- Figure l represents a front view of a door having aglass panel, showing my device applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the saine.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates anordinary door for buildings, which is provided with a window or glasspanel B, set within the opening C, made in the door. Surrounding thisopening in the door is a rabbet a. The upper and lower portions thereof,as at b, are provided with a series of stops e, which are beveled ontheir outer face for a purpose presently eX- plained. On the inner faceof this door and surrounding the opening is a bead d. The two verticalstrips d d extend over the rabbet of the opening and `form side recesses7c 7e for the shade.

D indicates the shade, and E is the shaderoller, the upper end of whichis provided with a spring f, one end of which is iixed to the roller,while the opposite end is secured to a plate g, having a perforationforming a bearing for the upper end of the roller. At

the lower end of this roller the saine has its bearing in a plate 77.,and the roller stands in a vertical position. At the opposite or freeend of this shade is a rod F, the upper and lower ends i' t' of whichproject above and below the shade and are slightly beveled to engage thebeveled face of the blocks aforesaid for holding the shade in a drawnposition. It will thus be observed that the rod and roller stand in avertical position, and when the shade is wound upon the roller the sameis hid from view and in the recess k.

In drawing the shade the operator grasps the rod F and forces it to theleft-hand side of the window, unwinding the shade from the roller, andwhen the desired upper and lower blocks are reached the rod is forced inand in contact with said blocks, the beveled surfaces of the blocks androd engaging one another and kept so engaged by the resistance of thespring on the roller, the shade being kept taut, thus preventingaccidental displacement of said rod.

When the shade is drawn out its full length and fastened by the blocknear the recess k, the rod is then hidden from View, being in saidrecess, thereb7 showing the shade only, obstructing the view through theglass or window of the door, while the post and roller are out of sight.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination of the stops having the beveled surfaces,ithe rodprovided with the beveled upper and lower ends and the shade said rodsecured to said shade for operation as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUFUS 1l. FISIIBAUGH. lVitnesses GEORG-E III. QUICK, MARTIN L.KEPLINGER.

